TIPPECANOE MIDDLE SCHOOL

MARCH 2012 NEWSLETTER

The mission of Tippecanoe Middle School is to provide educational experiences that are a continuation of the intermediate school and a transition to the high school focusing on academic, social,

emotional, and physical growth in a nurturing environment that will contribute to success as responsible students and citizens.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK: Congratulations to all of our winter athletes, artists, scientists, writers, and students for their accomplishments these last few weeks. They have risen to the occasion and have made us very proud of them. I would also like to thank all of the parents and people who use our back parking lot in the mornings. The new traffic flow and drop off points have made it much safer for our students. As a reminder, please do not drive through the bus unloading areas or the sidewalk between Nevin and the middle school before or after school. Let’s continue to work together to continue to provide a safe environment for our students. According to the groundhog, spring is right around the corner and so is the Ohio Achievement Assessment. It is very important that students are in attendance and focused each day. Please highlight the week of April 30th as testing week on your calendars. Parents if you have questions you would like addressed please send them to me at gsouthers@tippcity.k12.oh.us.

Congratulations to our December/January Students of the Month: 6th graders – Sara Freyre, Paul Couch, Alea Leganik, Evan Hill; 7th Graders – Richie Robbins, Mary Kate Lee, Cameron Martin, Abbi Halsey, and 8th graders – Spencer Ranft, Alisha Bhagwat, Luke Becker and Brandon Gotthardt! The students received a certificate to the Texas Roadhouse for a free sandwich & fries. “Tolerance” was the theme for the months of December/January. Great job students!

If you have UNPAID School Fees please contact the Office @ 667-8454 to set up a payment plan. Unpaid fees may result in being denied certain privileges such as attending and/or receiving an award, athletic participation, ordering a yearbook, dances, field day, etc. PLEASE note balances do carry forward from year to year and building to building. Tippecanoe Middle Schools current balance of outstanding school fees is: $5,700.00. Thank you for your help in getting these paid and thank you to those who have already paid or have a payment plan in place.

Friday, 2/3, the Middle School and High School Wrestlers went to Columbus to watch Ohio State beat Michigan. After the dual, the boys were permitted to go onto the mat!

Power of the Pen District Tournament at Botkins results are in! 8th grade: 1st place out of 18 teams with the top 15 writers automatically going to Regionals. 1st place: Alisha Bhagwat, 3rd place: Jesse Hemmelgarn, 4th place: Paige Phillips, 5th place: Emily Doll and 14th place: Emily Gootzeit! Alisha had Best of Round writing for Rounds 2 and 3. 7th grade: 11th place: Mary Kate Lee with Regionals being held Saturday, 3/10 at Sidney Middle School. Superb Job by all our students!

Congratulations to our 7th & 8th grade Girls Basketball Teams who were crowned CBC Champions on Saturday, 2/11/12! 7th grade defeated Ben Logan and 8th grade defeated Northridge in the finals! Both teams had an outstanding season!

TMS 6th graders also participated in the American Heart Association’s “Jump Rope for Heart”. The students jumped rope and received donations for the American Heart Association. The students did an outstanding job raising $708.51 for the American Heart Association and had a great time in the process! Thank you to all who participated and contributed!

Congratulations to our 7th grade Boys Basketball Team who became the CBC Runner-up on Saturday, 2/18/12 and also finished with a fantastic season!

Sixth Graders, Ethan Joseph and Alissa Buynak, were chosen as exhibitors for the 32nd annual YOUNG PEOPLE’S ART EXHIBITION, sponsored by the Ohio Art Education Association and held at the Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus from February 27th to March 27th. This year’s show includes 140 student works of art from all over the state. It is a distinct honor for any student to have art work in this exhibition. The entire YPAE show will also be displayed at the Ohio Department of Education building during the summer of 2012.

The MathCounts team finished 4th place in the Dayton Area MathCounts competition held at UD. This 4th place finish ties the best place ever by a TMS team at this competition! Team members are: Josh May, Ally Chitwood, Joey Hodge, Thomas Chaney, Sammie Rowland, and Zachery Sorah. The team did a great job representing TMS at the

competition.

Science Fair was a big success! Congratulations to our students that participated. The students that received an Excellent Rating were: Maya Vyas, Sarah Bradley, Kyle Demers, and Joey Hodge. Those that received a Superior Rating which also made their projects eligible to go to the District Contest at Central State University on March 17th were: Emily Gootzeit, Emily Hodge, Abby Walker, Faith Walker, Thomas Chaney, Brandon Bischoff, Adam Buynak, Ally Chitwood, Jessica Miller, Sammie Rowland and Nathan Schall. Special Awards went to: Emily Gootzeit- Bash Foo Award for Excellence in Behavioral Studies $100 and Tipp-Monroe Optimists Award for Best Abstract $50, Faith Walker- Goody Award for Chemistry $50, Ally Chitwood- Duckro Award for Engineering $50 and Energy Optimizers’ Excellence in Energy Science $100 and Eiffert Award for Energy & Transportation $25, Nathan Schall- Bolton Award for Energy & Transportation $20 and 2nd Place Good Samaritan Award for Physics $50, Adam Buynak- Kanalas Award for Engineering $100 and Award for Outstanding Research in Environmental Management $50, Thomas Chaney- Mayor’s Award for Environmental Sciences $50 and Best Presentation of Data any category John Skolnicki sponsor $50, Joey Hodge- 1st Place Good Samaritan Award for Physics $100, Samantha Rowland- Aptalis Award for Engineering $100 and Venkatesh Award for Medicine $50, Brandon Bischoff 3rd Place Good Samaritan Award for Physics $50. Outstanding job by all the TMS students!

The TMS Sports Awards Banquet was held on Thursday, February 23rd and was a great success! Thank you to our 7th grade Athletes and Families for the delicious cookies! To finish up the season our 7th & 8th grade Girls Basketball Teams were crowned CBC Champions and our 7th grade Boys Basketball Team was the CBC Runner-up! Congratulations to all our Winter Athletes on a Spectacular Season!

Congratulations to Connor Case and Aaron Hughes…in the Knights of Columbus Regional Free Throw Competition held at Sidney Lehman High School. Aaron represented the 12 year old boys with Connor being the representative for the 11 year olds with both boys placing second overall! If the winner is unable to attend Connor and Aaron will get to represent our region in their age group at the State Competition on March 17th. Great Job!

We held our last Parent/Teacher Conferences for the year on Wednesday, February 29th for the year. We appreciate the parents who came out to meet with our staff. A BIG thank you to Diane Agins for heading up a meal for our staff and our OUTSTANDING families that provided for the meal: Fischer, Gootzeit, Beagle, Grieshop, Manes, Bell, Ignet, Weiler, Woodworth, Walker, Wildermuth, Adkins, Blair, Prall, Hughes, Rogers, McDowell, Hatfield, Eastman, Noone, Rosselit, Terry, Brackman, May, Keller, Gross, Schall, Tesch, Trezeciak, Vyas, Willoughby, Wogoman and Livesay.

Please remember to continue to send in Box Tops & Campbell Soup Labels for TMS

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday March 2 Spring Pictures Monday March 5 Brett Eastburn “No Arms... No Legs... No Handicaps” Friday March 9 STARSS One Act Performance at LT Ball (7pm) Thursday March 15 STARSS Dayton Art Institute Field Trip (9-2) Tuesday March 20 Band Solo & Ensemble Contest Wednesday March 21 7th grade Wright State Chemical Demonstration Field Trip Thursday March 22 Choir Solo & Ensemble Contest Friday March 23 3rd Quarter Ends Mon-Fri March 26-30 No School (Spring Break) Monday April 2 Students Return Friday April 6 No School (Good Friday)

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